Dictionary
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Afterlife - Life after our physical bodies die.
Agent - Person who attempts to communicate information to another in an ESP experiment. (2) The subject in a psycho kinesis experiment. (3) Person who is the focus of poltergeist activity.
Agent of Karma - 1 - Someone who is sick of waiting for others to get what is coming to them, and by becoming an "Agent of Karma", they then bring the consequences upon the other person themselves. Classification as the "Agent of Karma" makes it so that you are then not eligible for any bad karma to then be returned onto you. 2 - A noble way to justify revenge. (I sent the nude pictures that I had of my ex-boyfriend to his entire office via email. Had he been nicer to me, I wouldn't have needed to become an Agent of Karma.)
Akhazriel (angel) - Ranked as the "Herald of God", Akhazriel is used to give announcements, declarations, and things of that nature. He was the angel who was dispatched to tell Moses that his prayer to have more time on Earth before his death would not be granted
Amorphous - Having no definite form or shape, spirits and ghosts often appears in mist-like forms or shapes.
Anomalies -Deviation from the normal.
Apparition - The phenomenon where a spirit takes on a physical form that can be seen.
Apport - The arrival of object during a séance or a haunting, these can be animate or inanimate.
Armisael (angel) - Armisael is supposed to be called on to assist in childbirth. The Talmund says that a woman could ease childbirth by reciting Psalm 20 nine times, but if this didn't work (or the woman couldn't remember all of Psalm 20), then one is to seek Armisael's help next by invoking him.
Asport - The disappearance of objects that reappear elsewhere or not at all. (Dematerialization)
Astral Projection - When the spirit travels outside the body to either the astral plane or another location on this plane. This is also referred to as an O.B.E.
Aura -The emanation of energy that surrounds all living things.
Automatic Writing - Phenomena by which people write without conscious thought.
Automatism - A process in which the subconscious communicates with the conscious by means of a vehicle such as a Ouija Board, automatic writing, or pendulum swinging.
Azrael (angel) - The angel of death in both Islamic and Hebrew legends, he is said to have four-thousand wings, and has an eye and tongue for every human in the world. Whenever one of his eyes blink, someone has just died. Azrael also carries with him a large book that he is forever writing and erasing in. In it, he writes the names of those just born, and erases the names of those who have just died. No doubt doing just that keeps him busy. Azrael has no knowledge before-hand of who is going to die and when, however he learns of this as a leaf carrying the name of doomed falls from a tree at the throne of God. He then knows he is to pay a visit to the person named forty days later.
Banshee - A death omen in Irish folklore that manifests to herald an upcoming death. Often heard singing and wailing.
Benign Spirit - A spirit that is not harmful.
Bigfoot – A mythical bulky, hair covered, humanoid which appears to possess both human and ape-like characteristics.
Bilocation- Bilocation - Being (or appearing to be) in two different places at the same time.
Calling Ghosts - These are ghosts that call out the name of the living in order to get their attention.
Camael (angel) - (Also spelled Chamuel,Kemuel,and Camiel) His name meaning "He who sees God", Camael is said to be the leader of the "Angels of Destruction". Supposedly he was one of the angels given the honor of standing in the presence of God. However, he objected to God giving to book of Torah-the first few books of the Old Testament-to Moses, and because of this, God oddly granted Moses permission to destroy him. Now he is viewed as possibly being one of the "Fallen Angels". Before his end, he was in the same order as Gabiel and Michael and served as a mediator between Israel and the Angelic Princes in the 7th Heaven. When invoked, he is said to appears as a fearsome leopard upon a rock.
Channeling - The process that mediums use for communication with the deceased.
Cherubs (angel) - Short for Cherubim, these great angels are second only to Seraphim in might. They were supposedly spawned from the tears that Michael cried over the sins of mortals, and are the embodiments of God's love and wisdom. Currently the word "cherub" inspires visions of joyful, chubby, almost baby-like winged creatures, though this necessarily may not be the case. This image perhaps comes from the fact that "cherub" and "cupid" are almost synonymous in connotation to many people. The prophet Ezekiel described cherubs as having four wings and four faces and possesing peacock feathers covered with eyes, the latter two symbolizing their awareness and vast knowledge.
Chupacabra - Spanish for Goat sucker.
Clairvoyant - Someone with the psychic ability to see events or people which have not occurred yet.
Clairaudient - The psychic ability to hear voices and sounds that are inaudible to the normal human ear.
Clairsentient - The psychic ability to feel things that are not normally felt by most people.
Cleansing- A less religious form of exorcism that is done to remove spirits. Cold Spot - An area where the temperature is lower than the surrounding environment.
Cold spots - are believed to be created when a ghost is presence within that area.
Collective Apparition – An apparition seen by several people at the same time.
Crypto Zoology - The study of rumored animals that are presumed to exist, but for which conclusive proof does not yet exist, or for animals which are generally considered extinct, but are occasionally reported.
Death, the Angel of - One of the greatest known, and feared of all the angels, he is also known as the Grim Reaper, as well as various other names. In the Jewish incarnation he been called Bebriel, Metatron, Samael (or Sammael), Adriel, and Azrael (who is the bringer of death in the Islamic Qu'ran), Hemah, and I hear he has occasionally been called Andrew (though just not on the TV show "Touched By An Angel"). He is sometimes mistaken for being one of the fallen angels, however, he is in fact a servant of God who has been given the task of ending the lives of certain individuals at their appointed times, and to guide them to their place in either Heaven or Hell(though christians often tend to associate this task with the Archangel, Michael). He is often described as being quite disspassionate and unregretfull about his about his work.
One of the ways he sometimes appears is as a great angel at the head of a dying victim. Death then brings his sword to the dying's lips a drips a drop of poison into their mouth, at which point, it's all over for the victim. This could also be where he gets the name "Samael" from, as "Sam" is the Hebrew word for "Poison". In Jewish literature he is often depicted as appearing as a bird with twelve wings, and during the Middle Ages (a time when the Black Death ran rampant) he took up the image of the Grim Reaper, with artists painting an image of a sickle or scythe wielding skeleton, and, occasionally, Death is said to appear as a women.
Deja`Vu - A person's feeling that current events have been experienced before.
Deep Trace Medium - A psychic who allows a spirit to enter their body so that the spirits can communicate through them.
Dematerialization - The paranormal fading or disappearance of a physical object.
Discarnate - A spirit that exists without a physical body.
Discernment - The ability to feel or perceive something with the use the mind and the senses.
Disembodied - A spirit that is functioning without a body.
Disembodied Voice - A voice that is heard that comes from no physical body, also known as EVP.
Divination - Obtaining of future events and/or the unknown by the use of outside forces.
Ectoplasm - A substance that emanates from a medium during a trance. It often appears as a mist-like or vapor substance. It can be seen moving, often faces and other forms can been seen in it.
Electromagnetic Field (EMF) - An electric and magnetic energy that radiates from radio and light waves to gamma and cosmic rays.
Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP) - The use of audio equipment to capture voices and sounds of the dead where there are no physical presences in the area where the recordings are being taken.
EMF Detector - A device that measures and detects changes in the electromagnetic field.
Empath - Someone who shows considerable empathy psychically.
Evocation - The summoning of spirits by usage of ritual, gesture, or verse of incantation.
Exorcism - The expulsion of ghosts, demons, spirits or other entities that are believed to be disturbing or possessing a person or a place that people frequent.
Extra-Terrestrials - Life forms originating on planets other than our own.
Extra Sensory Perception (ESP) - The ability to receive information about past, present or future events that can not be obtained through the normal senses. These include telepathy, clairvoyance and precognition.
Fallen Angels - also known as demons, evil spirits, devils, ect., these are creatures who chose to oppose God, and were thrown out of Heaven by the archangel, Michael, to where they now reside in Gehanna, or Hell. There is much speculation as to how they actually "fell" from grace, and why they are so opposed to God. A wide spread story is that, when God created man he declared him superior to angels. Some of the angels resented this, believing that they were the superior ones (Satan being a chief believer of this). Because of their pride, and unrepentance, they were thrown out of Heaven. Another theory is that God actually granted the angels free wills in that they had the choice of either rejecting or embracing him (their descisions being eternally decisive). Those that chose God had the opportunity to feel the full extent of his love, the ones who rejected were thrown into Hell, where they forever oppose him. However, some stories say that, at Armageddon, some of these "fallen angels" may actually repent and be forgiven.
There has also been questioning by some people as to how evil (like Satan), and the root of it could arise in Heaven, a place deemed so Holy. How could a place of "perfect good" give rise to "evil"?? Well, when you think about it, the angels never actually "earned" their place in Heaven--they were created and put there.
Gauss Meter - A device that is used to measure the electromagnetic field, also referred to as EMF detectors or magnetometers.
Ghost - A ghost is believed to be the soul or the life force of a person.
Ghost Lights - Closely resembling orbs, but are much larger and brighter in appearance.
Ghost Ship - The appearance of a ship that has been know to have wrecked or disappeared years or centuries before to fore warn of a pending disaster.
Globule - A larger "Glob" of orb.
Haunted - A person, place or an object to which a spirit is attached. The spirits can be human or inhuman in nature.
Haunting - Paranormal phenomena such as apparitions, unexplained sounds, smells or other sensations that are associated over a lengthy period of time with a specific location.
Incubus - A demonic entity capable of sexually arousing and sometimes assaulting women.
Infestation - Repeated and persistent paranormal phenomena.
Intelligent Haunting - Paranormal activity that takes place around a person or location that is caused by an intelligent or conscious spirit.
Indirect Voice - Mediumistic phenomenon in which the discarnate entity appears to speak using the vocal apparatus of the medium.
Invocation - Summoning spirits.
Levitation - The raising of a person or object into the air without any visible means.
Light Trance Medium - A person whom spirits can communicate through without going into a deep trance state.
Lycanthropy - The transformation of a person into the form of a wolf.
Macro-PK - Psychokinetic effects that can be directly observed rather than only inferred from statistical analysis.
Malevolent - A malevolent spirit is one that wishes to do harm.
Malicious - These spirits will destroy or damage things of a personal or financial value for the sake of hurting others.
Manifestation - The appearance or taking of form of an entity.
Materialization - The formation of a visible physical form of a spirit.
Matrixing - When the mind attempts to manifest images as something they are not.
Medium - A person that acts as a bridge between the living and the dead.
Metaphysics - The study of that which is beyond the laws of physics.
Michael (angel) - Also known as St. Michael, because he was so venerated by the churches, Michael is the Archangel who defeated Satan and threw him into the pits of Hell. He is considered the patron angel of Israel, and is sometimes considered the angel of death (however there is another angel commonly associated with this task, see Death). He appears in the Old Testament occasionaly, and is named in the book of revelations as the one who will lead the forces of God against the forces of Satan at Armagedon. He is supposedly the Angel that helped convert St. Constantine, and also gave St. Joan of Arc the stregnth to save her country. His name has been translated as meaning either "He who is like God" or "Who is like God?", and in Arabic his name is Mika 'il. As far as appearance goes, those who have had life and death experiences have described him as being tall, very muscular and powerful with blonde curly or wavy hair, and piercing blue eyes. Micheal often carrys the souls of the dead up to Heaven, where they will be judged, which is why he is often shown holding a scale in artwork.
Near-Death Experience (NDE) - Experiences of people after they have been pronounced clinically dead, or been very close to death.
Necromancy - The practice of communicating with the dead to obtain knowledge of the future, others' secrets, and so forth.
Occultism - Esoteric systems of belief and practice that assume the existence of mysterious forces and entities.
Orb - A spherical shaped, translucent mass of energy resembling a ball or globe of light.
Ouija Board - A game board that is used to communicate with spirits.
Outward Manifestation - The physical manifestation of paranormal activity.
Paranormal - Phenomena which seem to defy the known laws of science.
Parapsychology - Refers to the study of paranormal phenomena.
Phantom - An apparition or a specter. Existing only as an energy form.
Phantomania - Paralysis that occurs when someone is under attack from supernatural or preternatural forces, also known as psychic paralysis.
Planchette - The triangular instrument used as a pointer to answer questions on a Ouija board.
Poltergeist - A German words that means "Noisy or mischievous ghost." A destructive spirit that has the ability to move objects by solidifying the ambient air which results in the movement and/or teleportation of objects.
Possession - Refers to cases in which a person's body is apparently taken over by another personality or entity.
Precognition - Knowledge of pending future events.
Premonition - Feeling or warning about future events.
Psychic - A person with the ability to see, hear and feel by the use of senses other than the natural senses.
Psychic Attack - An attack that can either be physical or mental by a spirit.
Raphael - An archangel of numerous titles (such as Regent of the sun, Angel of Healing, Angel of Science..ect.) whose name means "God has healed". He has appeared in numerous writings , such as the Book of Tobit. He is credited with things such as informing Noah of the flood, and the healing of Jacobs hip after he wrestled with the so called "dark angle" (an angel whose identity is unknown, though a few such as Death have been speculated as this figure). He guards the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden, and acts as a guide to the underworld (a role that sometimes had him wrongly considered a fallen angel). He is said to have a rather cheerful disposition when compared to some of the other angels, and enjoys people being happy and healthy.
Raziel - Often called the "angel of mysteries", Raziel stands at the border of God and his creations and guards the unknown. Supposedly he hears every secret, and writes them in a book called the "Book of the Angel Raziel". This book supposedly contains the keys to the 1,500 mysteries of the universe, as well as all sorts of arcane arts, but the writing is so cryptic, however, that neither the greatest minds, nor any of the angels in Heaven could decipher it without the help of Raziel. Raziel is considered the patron of the first human, Adam, because when he and Eve were expelled from Eden, Raziel took pity on them and gave the book to them, so that they might know the true image and glory of God. When the other angels became wary of this act, they snatched up the book and threw it into the sea. However God, instead of taking the "Prometheus" scenario, actually commanded that it be given back to Adam. The book was eventually passed to both Enoch and King Soloman, but it has since become lost.
Reincarnation - The belief that some aspect of a person's being survives death and can be reborn in a new body at some future date.
Residual Haunting - Believed to be a psychic imprint of a scene that keeps repeating itself. With this type of haunting no interaction with the ghost occur.
Retroactive Psycho Kinesis - Paranormal influence that an agent can have on an experiment after it has been completed.
Retro Cognition - Paranormal knowledge of past events.
Seraphim - (Seraph for short [and for singular]) The beings closet to the throne of God, and the highest ranking choir of angels there is, Seraphim are associated with fire-the flame of God's love-and are said to emmanate such light that neither angels, nor the cherubim can look upon them. The seraphim hold the task of continuously encircling the throne of God chanting "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Hosts, the entire Earth is full of his glory". They posses intense powers of concentration, and a pure love of God, so this task is not as monotonous to them as it would seem. The prophet Enoch described the seraphim as possessing six wings, "...with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew" Isaiah (6:1-3).
Another reference to seraphim is found in the book of Revelations (4:8), where there are four beasts "full of eyes", and with six wings each, one like a lion, one like an eagle, one like a bull, and a fourth like a man. They continually chant "Holy, Holy is the Lord almighty"
Shape-Shifting - Paranormal ability to assume the form of another person, an animal or other entity.
Sleep Paralysis - A state of seeming to be awake but unable to move.
Specter - A ghost or apparition.
Spirit - Spirits are believed to exist in an invisible realm that can only be seen under certain circumstances or by people with special abilities.
Spontaneous Human Combustion - Refers to cases in which a badly burned human body has been discovered in circumstances suggesting that the fire originated spontaneously in or on the body of the victim.
Stigmata - Unexplained markings on a person's body that correspond to the wounds of Christ.
Subliminal Perception - Perceiving without conscious awareness.
Succubus - A demonic entity said to inspire lust in men and then assaulting them.
Telekinesis - Where objects are remotely displaced and moved around, solely by the powers of the mind.
Telepathy - The ability to communicate directly through mind-to-mind contact and to perceive information directly from another's mind, without resorting to the use of the five known senses.
Teleportation - Paranormal transportation of objects to a distant place.
U.F.O. - An unidentified flying object.
Uriel (angel) - His name meaning either "Fire of God", or "Angel of Light", Uriel is not mentioned in the scriptures, but is nonetheless a prominant figure in legends and lore, recognized by the church untill it put a stop to "angel worshiping". He holds a number of titles, such as "Regent of the Sun, Prince of the Sun, Angel of Music, and Master of Tartarus" (Angels, A to Z, M. Bunson). Tararus, being of course, Hell. In early writings, (like the ones of St. Peter), Hell was not quite yet the realm of Satan and his demons, and God appointed "punishing angels" control of it, the disspasionate Uriel being their dreaded leader. Uriel is also named as the guardian of the Garden of Eden, standing at the gates with a huge flaming sword, preventing anyone from entering. Supposedly he is very sharp of mind.
Vortex - This is a swirling funnel shape when in motion. They can also appear long and narrow and having a tread like design. Some theorize this is a vehicle to transport spirits in the shape of orbs from their realm to ours.
White Noise - A hiss-like sound, formed by combining all audible frequencies.
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